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BkClubCare
Bel Canto | Ann Patchett
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Just started a reread of this when 3 books came off hold at the same time. 😐 #sigh
Image is a cut out for some kind of snowflake?! I forget. Colors match the book cover 🤣

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BkClubCare
Someone Like Us | Dinaw Mengestu
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Mehso-so

This was a book that absolutely did not grab my attention, I sensed an unreliable narrator who does things that make no sense; I went into it thinking it might be a devastating immigrant story, but once I put it down and then a few days go by, and then when I do open it back up with low motivation and hit a snag (drawn curtains are closed! Not open), WHAT DO I Do? I find many of my friends loved it. #sigh A case of “it‘s me, not the book.”

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ImperfectCJ
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Still working on this one. Still not sure why. My Kobo says I have 3.3 hours to go (54% done). I want to know what happens, but I'm a little worried it will feel like I've wasted my time. Not that being comfy with book, tea, and slippers is ever a *total* waste of time.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love your mug! ☕️ 1mo
ImperfectCJ @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks! It was a birthday present from my mom! 1mo
BkClubCare I am having the same questions abt Someone Like Us - do I keep going? Will I *really* miss something profound if I skim/give-up-now? Is it me or the book?! #sigh 1mo
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Hooked_on_books
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Panpan

I really don‘t know what to say about this one. The writing is good and there‘s some genuinely good humor in it, but for some reason Greathead clearly believed we needed a book about a mediocre white guy skating through life believing far more of himself than he should. We can see that all around us, why do we need to read it? #TOB25

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
squirrelbrain Oh dear 😬 I‘ve requested this from the library (it‘s not out until the end of the month) but I doubt they‘ll get it in. I really don‘t want to have to buy it. 1mo
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain Don‘t buy it! Unless you enjoy nausea. Just skip it if you have to. Believe me, this is not the one to be a completist about. 1mo
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AmyG Thanks for the heads up. 1mo
squirrelbrain Ohhhh, but it hurts not to be a completist. 🤪😬 1mo
cariashley @squirrelbrain ha I feel that! Audio was good for this one - just put it on in the background! 1mo
squirrelbrain Yes, I thought I might do audio @cariashley but it‘s not on Everand (yet) and I may resent using a credit from Audible or Libro.fm. 🤦‍♀️ The struggle is real! 🤪 1mo
cariashley @squirrelbrain completely understand that. Would not recommend wasting a credit, I‘m glad it was available at my library! 1mo
GatheringBooks Lols. Loooove the description! 1mo
DogMomIrene You‘re the 3rd or 4th Litten I‘ve seen who‘s really not liked this book. Thanks for the warning! 1mo
BkClubCare I‘ve just started this and have been a‘feared of such a post. Will sacrifice a credit anyway #sigh 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
Hooked_on_books @BkClubCare Good luck with it! Maybe you can hate read it. 😂 1mo
BkClubCare @Hooked_on_books - hasn‘t not crossed my mind. 🧠 1mo
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Rejection: Fiction | Tony Tulathimutte
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I am trying to DNF this extremely interesting, sex-heavy, weird and kinda icky book. #sigh
Connected short stories? Or thematically-related, I cannot say. But UNCOMFORTABLE comes to mind readily.

#Dec2024 Book 118
“… affirmations to the sky full blast: I am ill! I am chill! I am phat! I am fly! I am clutch! I am fetch! I am based! I am bae! I am slae! I am cray!…”

(Prefer Mrs. Nash: I am a delight.) IF you read this, eBook is best 👇

BkClubCare because then you can more easily check back for how these connect. Imo 2mo
fredthemoose I recently finished this one and was texting my sister about it being wacky 2mo
BkClubCare @fredthemoose - definitely outside my typical fare 2mo
BarbaraBB Uncomfortable indeed. I dnf some of the stories. 2mo
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dabbe
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. An all-day cold and gentle rain. Matt and I are in the den with the windows open (of course zero rain would come inside). A warm fire would be blazing while we cozily sit on our wrap-around couch with our two GSD's, Kate & Pip on the couch with us. We'd be drinking hot-buttered rum and would be snuggled under fuzzy blankets. #sigh
2. I'm looking forward to finishing SOVEREIGN with the #ShardlakeSeriesBR.
You're tagged!

Suet624 Sounds delightful. 3mo
Lesliereadsalot Sign me up for that! 3mo
Eggs 💙📚❤️ 3mo
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AnnCrystal 💕📚😍💝. 3mo
dabbe @Suet624 🤩🤗😄 3mo
dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🤩🤗😄 3mo
dabbe @Eggs 🤩🤗😄 3mo
dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤩🤗😄 3mo
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BkClubCare
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Just another reminder that I have been wanting to read Renault‘s *The King Must Die*

Updated: this is a passage from WE COULD BE SO GOOD by Cat Sebastian which I should probably have tagged instead. #sigh

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ChaoticMissAdventures
The Night Alphabet | Joelle Taylor
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Next read! I am excited for this one.

What are you reading?

BkClubCare Yikes! Sounds enthralling. Does it have pictures? Do say yes!!👏 6mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures @BkClubCare it has some drawings at the section breaks! Unfortunately the writing isn't meshing with me at all. 6mo
BkClubCare @ChaoticMissAdventures - oh darn. My current audiobook is (ahem) below my favorite reading level, methinks. Weighing the decision to bail or not. #sigh 6mo
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Susanita
The Boxcar Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
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I‘m just recently grasping that 100 years ago is in the 1900s and not 1800s. #pub100yearsago #aboutabook

BkClubCare Ha! I keep catching myself thinking that 1985 was just a decade ago #sigh 6mo
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 ‘…days are long, but the years are short…‘ or is it the other way round?? 6mo
dabbe I hear ya! 🤩😂🤩 6mo
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Poor Deer: A Novel | Claire Oshetsky
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Nomination for #CampLitsy2024, one of four. @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain

Background photo is my newly planted Rhubarb. FYI Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day is June 9 🌟🍓🥧

Chelsea.Poole I almost added this to my nominations! And—I have rhubarb too! 😊 10mo
squirrelbrain Ooh, this was rumoured for the #womensprize… 🤔 10mo
BarbaraBB This sounds good!! 10mo
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BkClubCare @Chelsea.Poole - one of these times, my rhubarb plants will survive long enough to harvest. They keep dying, we keep trying it in new spots of the garden #sigh 🌱 10mo
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - was it? I haven‘t given much attention to that this year. I love the author‘s reviews on gr. 10mo
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - HIGHLY anticipated read for me, I know I will read it anyway, if it isn‘t selected for camp. 10mo
Megabooks I've almost checked out this audiobook twice! 10mo
BkClubCare @Megabooks - I hope to do the ebook so that I can easily capture bits and bites. I love a good audiobook, too but want to preserve my reactions. (edited) 10mo
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